44 | JULY 15 • 2021 

VIRGIN RIVER 3RD SEASON, 
CNN FUNNY AND SERIOUS
The third season of the 
Netflix original series Virgin 
River began streaming July 
9. It ranks as one of the most 
popular series on Netflix. The 
title refers to a (fictional) rural 
Oregon town where the series 
is set. The first season deftly 
juggled humor with dramatic 
scenes. The acting was very 
good. Like many series, the 
second season faltered as 
the plot lines got more soap 
opera-ish. I haven’t seen the 
third season yet, and I just 
hope it will return to its first 
season form.
Connie, an important recur-
ring character, runs the town’s 
general store. Tara, Connie’s 
granddaughter, is a recurring 
character who first appears 

in the third season. Tara is 
played by Stacey Farber,
33, who grew-up in Toronto. 
Like many young Canadians, 
she got her start with a big 
role on the popular Canadian 
series Degrassi: The Next 
Generation. 
The eight-part original CNN 
series, History of the Sitcom, 
began last Sunday and new 
episodes premiere Sundays 
at 9 p.m. It features 180 inter-
views with famous sitcom 
figures, including the late Carl 
Reiner, Norman Lear, Lisa 
Kudrow, Jason Alexander, 

Mel Brooks, Judd Apatow, 
Dan Levy and Chuck Lorre. 
Another CNN original series, 
Jerusalem: City of Faith and 
Fury, begins on Sunday, July 
18, at 10 p.m. This six-part 
series covers the city’s history 
from Biblical times until the 
present. It is narrated by actor 
Ewan McGregor (McGregor’s 
ex-wife is Jewish. They have 
four daughters, and they were 
raised Jewish).
My Unorthodox Life, an orig-
inal Netflix reality show, began 
streaming July 14. The series 
centers around the personal 
and professional life of fash-
ion mogul Julia Haart, 50ish. 
Haart, the mother of four, left 
her life in a hasidic sect to 
become the head of a major 
modeling empire. In dress and 
conduct, she is no longer a 
typical hasidic woman. Much 
of the series focuses on the 
contrast between the former 
hasidic lifestyle of her and her 

children and their current life-
styles. 
The first episode of the third 
season of Miracle Workers, 
a TBS comedy/drama series, 
premiered July 13 (encore 
showings every day on TBS 
and Hulu+ through the 19th). 
Each Miracle Workers season 
stands alone. The first season 
featured two angels, played 
by Daniel Radcliffe, 31, and 
Steve Buscemi. It was based 
on a novel by Simon Rich, 37. 
The second season, which 
is streaming on Hulu+, also 
starred Buscemi and Radcliffe, 
but in different roles. It was 
set during the Dark Ages and 
was based on a Rich short 
story. The third season finds 
Radcliffe playing an idealistic 
small-town preacher who 
teams up with a wanted out-
law (Buscemi) as they try and 
lead a wagon train across the 
country on the Oregon Trail 
(1844). 

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